Wales & West Utilities colleagues are celebrating after charitable fundraising efforts in 2017 saw over £60,000 being donated to worthwhile charities. The money raised involved 66 colleagues participating in events including skydives, bag packing in supermarkets and a 30-hour rugby match. Over £44,000 was raised through their own fundraising efforts, with a further £17,000 provided by the company’s match-funding scheme. Charities to benefit from the fundraising include Care & Repair Cymru, 1223 Caerphilly Squadron Air Cadets, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital,…

Cardiff Bus is alerting customers to diversions to services on Saturday 7th February ahead of the Wales vs Scotland Six Nations game. Due to road closures in place across the city, as a result of the rugby match in the Principality Stadium, buses will divert from 10.30am until 5.30pm. Services 1, 2, 13 (to Sports Village), 8, 9, 9A (to Cardiff Bay or Sports Village) will start and end at the terminal point on Canal Street. Services 1 and 2…

People who are deaf or have hearing loss in Wales are being called to nominate the organisations that provide outstanding service to them. Action on Hearing Loss Cymru’s Excellence Wales Awards recognise businesses that take steps to ensure the 575,500 people in Wales who are deaf or have hearing loss can use their services or are supported in the workplace. The charity launched the Excellence Wales Awards four years ago, in an effort to celebrate success and raise standards across…

The royal couple met with volunteers and young people who have been changing lives through sport   Cardiff, 18th January 2018 – As part of their first official visit to Wales, Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle toured projects set up to change the lives and opportunities of young people in disadvantaged areas of Wales.  The royal couple were hosted at the Star Hub Centre in Cardiff by StreetGames, a charity that works throughout the UK to change lives and…

Leonard Cheshire Disability is inviting disabled dancers to take part in ‘Strictly Cymru’, a dance competition exclusively for disabled people. This innovative project will provide a unique opportunity for disabled people to dance, perform and compete in the first ever national inclusive dance project of its kind. ‘Strictly Cymru’ is open to keen disabled dancers, between 16 and 65 years old. The competition started in the first of five regional heats this weekend, with the grand final taking place on…

In photo: Front Row: L-R: Amelie Woodland (9), Penarth; Annabella Paterson, (10), Cardiff Kneeling: Lucy McGhie (12), Cardiff Back Row: L-R: Ella Payne (11), Cardiff; Mairwen Thomas (10), Penarth; Gracie Poleon-Henry (12), Cardiff; (on shoulders) Phoebie Johnson (9), Barry; Megan Williams (11), Cardiff; Lilly May Allen (10), Cardiff; Isobel Price (10), Penarth   The Acro Dance Team who train at Planet Gymnastics have hit the dizzying heights of being selected to represent Wales in the Dance World Cup in Sitges,…

Caerphilly, Wales: South Wales video production company, CineMerse were invited to exhibit at 10 Downing Street on Thursday 30th November after achieving selection as part of the top 100 small businesses in the UK. This year, CineMerse were selected as one of the top 100 UK small businesses by Small Business Saturday as listed in the Guardian. As part of the accolade, the company achieved an official press day on November 4th alongside an invite to number 10 Downing Street…

Success continues at one of Cardiff’s top performing secondary schools. Mary Immaculate High School, located in Wenvoe on the Western side of Cardiff, has once again received the top accolade in the Welsh Government categorisation, making it one of only nine schools in Wales to achieve the top grading for the fourth year running. Mary Immaculate High School is one of the very few secondary schools in Wales to have achieved the top grading of Green 1A every year since…

Cardiff and Vale UHB is thrilled to announce that Ysgol y Ddraig in Llantwit Major will be the eighth school in the Vale of Glamorgan to achieve a National Quality Award. Years of hard work have paid off today as the staff and pupils of Ysgol y Ddraig were presented with the prestigious Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes’ National Quality Award (NQA). Rebecca Cadman, the school’s acting head teacher was delighted with the national recognition of her school’s hard…

George Clarke’s Old House, New Home for Channel 4 is back for a second series and he wants to feature homes in Cardiff. George wants to highlight the wealth and diversity of local housing stock, and celebrate architecture and craftsmanship in the area, so from the 22nd January his team will be in the area searching for people planning major interior makeovers. The series will help families uncover historic hidden gems, and create fabulous homes fit for the future. George says: “The problem is…